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Our People, Our Stories: Maggie Young
29 Apr ’24
From intern, to full-time employee, to emerging leader – Maggie is making her mark as an early-career professional in the Bank’s communications department.
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Do U.S. Bank Lenders Offer Less Credit to Highly Opioid-Impacted Communities?
01 May ’24
Research in Focus — Wenli Li and Raluca Roman of the Philadelphia Fed and their coauthors studied the credit offered to people in counties ravaged by the opioid crisis and evaluated policy responses.
Occupational Segregation and the Role of the Public Workforce System: An Examination of Individual Training Accounts
This report explores the segregation of occupations by gender, race, and ethnicity in the U.S. labor market overall and in the training that participants in the public workforce system pursue.
The Economy
A source for Philadelphia Fed research, data, and perspectives on labor markets and economic opportunity.
Aruoba-Diebold-Scotti Business Conditions Index
02 May ’24
An index designed to track real business conditions at high observation frequency
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Q&A: Tom Akana on the LIFE Survey and the Importance of Consumer Insights
The new LIFE Survey from the Consumer Finance Institute provides timely insights into how consumers’ financial lives are changing in response to the current economy. Learn more in this Q&A with CFI Senior Advisor and Research Fellow Tom Akana.
Worker Voices Special Brief: Self-Employment, Dreams Versus Reality
This report delves into a theme that surfaced during a series of focus groups with U.S. workers and job seekers without a four-year degree: Many people want to work for themselves.